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" Psalmi Davidis a G. Buchanano versibiis expressi, nunc 

 primum modulis IIII., YI., VII., et VIII. vociim a J. Servino 

 decantati," Lyon, 1579. In a contemporary binding bearing 

 the Royal Arms of Scotland on each cover. Jean Servin, the 

 composer, was a musician in the service of James VI. No other 

 copy known. 



Monetus, Philibertus : " Schorus digestus." Lyon, 1619. 

 The inscription on the fly-leaf sets forth that this copy was 

 presented as a school prize to Louis Le Grange, of the College 

 of La Fleche, in 1629. The book is the earliest example of a 

 prize-book in the Library. 



Donations. — Many valuable books have been presented 

 to the Library during the past year. Among these are the 

 following : — 



Five Incunabula, already described. Presented by George 

 Dunn, Esq. 



A copy of JohnStuart Mill "On Liberty," 1859. With 

 MS. notes by John Ruskin. .Presented by Edward Tyas 

 Cook, Esq. 



Catalogue of the Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands 

 Library, Manchester. By F. LI. Griffith. 3 vol. Catalogue 

 of the Coptic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library. By 

 W. E. Crum. Presented by the Governors of the John 

 Rylands Library. 



*' Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans, 1778-1815. 

 Public par son arriere-petit-fils le Colonel Comte Aymar de 

 Liedekerke Beaufort." Paris, 1907. No. 73 of 75 copies 

 printed. Presented by Comte Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort. 



"Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Old Plate of 

 J. Pierpont Morgan. By E. Alfred Jones." Privatel}^ printed, 

 1908. Presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq. 



" Catalogue of the Pictures in the Collection of the Earl of 

 Radnor. By Helen Matilda, Countess of Radnor, and W. 

 Barclay Squire." 2 vol. Privately printed, 1909. Presented 

 by the Earl of Radnor . 



"The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, 

 Manuscripts and Autograph Letters collected by T. J. Wise." 

 2 vol. Privately printed, 1905-1908. Presented by T. J. Wise, 

 Esq. 



Maps. — Among the more important additions to the Col- 

 lection of Maps are : — 



One hundred and thirty maps from the collection of the 

 late Lord Polwarth, dating from the sixteenth to the eighteenth 

 centuries. 



Seventy-five maps engraved by Philip Lea, 1680-1690. 



A Map of the Battle of Waterloo, by Lieutenant Tyler. 

 R. Ackerman, 1 August 1815, 



